Music files

Edition notes: for STB. The tune is taken from Musica Sacra (Utica 1834?). The words are original New Version metrical psalter (Tate and Brady) Psalm 54 - text used by Arnold in his original publication according to Hymn Tune Index.

Published:1791 in Arnold and Callcott's collection The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches

Description: This setting of Psalm 54 in the metrical New Version was first published in 1791, where the tune was not named. The tune was widely reprinted in American collections with different texts, usually under the tune name 'Plympton' (or 'Plymton' in some early sources). Hymn Tune Index tune number 5639.